Background: Fluoxetine (FLX) is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors antidepressant. FLX affects chemicals in the brain that may become unbalanced and cause depression, panic, anxiety, or obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Black Grape seed extract (BGSE) antioxidants neutralize free radicals and oxidative stress. Therefore this study was designed to investigate Protective effect of RGSE hydroa...

The aim of the present study was to establish a protocol of sperm cryopreservation in Misgurnus anguillicaudatus and verify the applicability of the obtained protocol in other loach species. We evaluated the following parameters: inseminating dose, thawing temperatures (20, 25 and 30 degrees C for 10s), extenders (loach or cyprinid extenders), internal cryoprotectants (dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Recommendations for the timing of the first well-child visit (WCV) after discharge from a well-baby nursery (WBN) suggest that the visit occur within 48 hours of discharge for those with a WBN length of stay of ≤48 hours and within 3 to 5 days for those with a WBN length of stay of >48 hours. The purpose of these early visits is to detect conditions that may cause read...

The objectives were to evaluate the effects of sire and content of fresh or ionised egg yolk in extenders on sperm motility and share of live and dead sperm in collected ejaculate, in thawed artificial insemination (AI) doses, and during thermodynamic testing compared to extenders not containing egg yolk. Ejaculates were collected once a week from 4 Holstein bulls. Each of the 20 ejaculate samp...

In Exp. 1, Medium 199 and Medium RD (RPMI-1640 and Dulbecco's MEM, 1:1 v/v) were compared in a 2 x 2 factorial design by supplementing each with 15 mg bovine serum albumin (BSA)/ml of 1 mg polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/ml. All media contained 5 micrograms insulin/ml, 5 micrograms transferrin/ml, 5 ng selenium/ml (ITS), and 10 ng epidermal growth factor (EGF)/ml. One-cell embryos were cultured at 39 d...